Puppet Strings | Red Guy x Reader

3 | Time

Then we went into a cartoony version of a time where cobblestone houses were everywhere, "Time is old, like victorian times."

Then a lady selling things sang, "(idk what she said ngl) and speaking in rhymes!"

Then a man popped out of a chimney, "with cobbles and chimneys, a simpler time!"

God those voices were annoying. Then a slimy guy came out of the sewer and slobbered out some words to go with the song but I don't think any of us could understand.

Then we went to the woods and Manny looked inside of a tree, "This tree that is old, has circles inside!" That was very observant of Manny. I couldn't help but smile, I was proud of him.

Then the clock pointed to a tree that looked mean and had a face on it, "A tree that is old will shrivel and die." Woah. Bummer dude...

"This apple is fresh and ripe to its core!" Robin pointed out.

"Then ill rot over time till I'm not anymore..." The apple said as its voice started to go down along with it rotting.

"Time can be told by the moon or the sun," the clock pointed to the moon which flipped over to the sun. "Time flies by when you're having fun!"

"Who says we are having fun..." I whispered to myself. Harry chuckled silently and nudged me in the shoulder trying to insinuate me to stop.

Then the clock smacked down Robins card tower, "Theres a time and place for mucking around!"

"Like birthdays!"

"and camping!"

"hehe, the bedroom," I added while smirking.

"I'm friends with my dad!" Manny smiled while holding his dads hand. His dad breathed heavily while staring intently at us.

"And then what happened after the olden days?" Harry asked. It was hard to tell if he was actually interested due to his monotone voice.

"Time went new, got old like history. Stuff from the past went into a mystery," the clock pointed to different things in the sky changing.

"An old man died."

"Look a computer! Everything's cool, it's the future!"

"Time is now, the future anew! Look at the wonderful things you can do with gadget and gizmos and email addresses!"

Then it once again switched to Manny and his dad, "My dad is a con- computer!" He points to his dad who is on the computer watching something.... dirty. He turns around and stares at us again.

Then the clock appeared on the computer with an angry face, once again, "WHATS THE TIME?"

"Its quarter to eight, there's fish on my plate!" Robin then stabbed a fish with a fork.

"Its 20 past day, there's fish on my tray!" Manny popped up from behind a tray that had a fish on it.

"It's 11 to 12, there's fish in the bath," I held a fish up slightly moving the bubbles and you could see my cleavage/chest. I could see Harry stared for a second then looked away, seemed like he could be blushing. Made me smirk to myself slightly.

"It's 9:30, there's fish everywhere," Harry sat in his bed, a blanker covering himself, fish surrounded him. "Fish everywhere..." He then mumbled.

Then we were back in the living room, I was on Harrys lap. "Now you can see the importance of time. It helps us make pizza, it keeps things in line."

"When did it start?"

"And when will it stop?"

"Time is important and I am a clock" The music started to darken and I could tell it was going to happen.

"Why can't you stop?" I asked while tearing up.

"If we run out of time, then where does it go?" Harry asked while holding the remote.

"Is time even real? Does anyone know?" Manny seemed to start getting confused.

"Maybe times just a construct of human perception!" Robin had a stick pointing to a picture of a brain. Then the clock started to beep, progressively getting louder. I covered my ears, same with Harry and Robin. Manny just stared off, seemed like it wasnt affecting him. It definitely affected him physically, his ears started to bleed out.

He walked to the window where the time was changing fast, "Sunrise, sunset, night, and day. The changing of seasons, the smell of hay," I sneezed after the hay was said.

"Hey, look at your hair grow," Manny brought a mirror up to his face, watching his hair grow, "isn't it strange? How time makes your appearance change..." Then all of our hair started to grow and grey. My face started to sag and a ring appeared on my finger that looked like it was starting to wilt away. Then Robins fingers started to disintegrate, as if someone poured acid on him. Mannys face started to distort and disfigure, making him look... just wrong.

Manny groaned, "Make it stop!"

Harry grabbed his hair, allowing me to notice he also had a ring. I just sat there, maybe it would be easier to just do nothing than fight against it. It hurt like hell. I closed my eyes, ready to wake up from the hell.

"Make it stop!"

"It's out of my hands. I'm only a clock. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be fine... But eventually. Everyone runs out of time."

Then we were back in the living room. Same as it left off. I sighed in relief that it was over. The TV then turned on, playing the show that Harry wanted to watch. I was visibly shaken. More than that actually. Terrified. Harry put an arm around my shoulder and making me lean more into him before whispering in my ear, "It's okay, I'll always be here."

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1548 words.

Another chapter, trying my hardest to stay on track lmao

Had three projects due Friday so I did that like all day. Trying to write where ill have a chapter to post everyday. If I don't post then its bc im busy- sorry lol but uhhh per usual, tell me if I had any mistakes and I hope you enjoyed!!

~Merc